{"operation":"document","citation":"12-0052","title":"Doughty & Carson, PLLC — Hazardous Materials Safety Interpretation","source_type":"guidance","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"2012-03-23","effective_on":null,"summary":"12-0052 response to Doughty & Carson, PLLC concerning 173.63.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-12-0052.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-12-0052.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-interpretation-12-0052","source_url":"https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/sites/phmsa.dot.gov/files/legacy/interpretations/Interpretations/2012/120052.pdf","body":"<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nU.S. Department 1200 New Jersey Avenue. SE\nof Transportation Washington. D.C. 20590\nPipeline and Hazardous\nMaterials Safety\nAdministration\nMAR 23 2012\nMr. Oliver D. Adams\nHodges, Doughty & Carson, PLLC\nP.O. Box 869\n617 W. Main Street\nKnoxville, Tennessee\nRef. No.: 12-0052\nDear Mr. Adams:\nThis responds to your February 8, 2012 letter requesting clarification of the Hazardous\nMaterials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR Parts 171-180) applicable to the packaging\nexceptions for cartridges, small arms. Specifically, you ask if the only option § 173.63(b)(2)\npermits is for small arms ammunition/cartridges to be fit snugly into an inner box and then\nplaced securely into an outside box. Additionally, you provide a spreadsheet with a list of\nnumerous packaging scenarios for small arms ammunition and ask whether they comply\nwith § 173.63(b)(2).\nAs specified in § 173.63(b)(2), there are multiple packaging options for the cartridges, small\narms and cartridges, power devices as a limited quantity or other regulated material (ORMD).\nAs specified in paragraph (b)(2)(i), ammunition must be packed: (1) in inside boxes, (2)\nin partitions which fit snugly in the outside packaging, or (3) in metal clips. Depending on\nwhich of the three options was chosen, the inside boxes, the partitions, or the metal clips\nmust be further packed in securely-closed strong outside packagings, as specified in\nparagraph (b )(2)(iii). Therefore, provided that you comply with all other relevant provisions\nin § 173 .63(b )(2), your packaging would be acceptable for the transportation of a limited\nquantity of cartridges, small arms, and cartridges, power devices. In addition, provided your\nnumerous packaging scenarios for small arms ammunition utilize a permitted packaging\nconfiguration, they also would be acceptable to transport limited quantities of the above\nhazardous materials per the HMR.\nI hope this satisfies your inquiry. Please contact us if we can be of further assistance.\nSincerely,\nT. Glenn Foster\nChief, Regulatory Review and Reinvention Branch\nStandards and Rulemaking Division\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nN iekels\n~ 113. ['3 LbXt)\nDrakeford. Carolyn (PHMSA) ~11/· ~\nFrom: INFOCNTR (PHMSA) Paeka.gj~ e}{e.e(Jh~f}5\nSent: Thursday, February 09,201212:42 PM\nTo: Drakeford, Carolyn (PHMSA) IA-005\"Z\nSubject: FW: Shippers-General Requirements and Packaging Section 173.63 ORM-D question\nAttachments: Copy of Packaging Scenarios.xlsx\nHi Carolyn,\nWe received the following request for a letter of interpretation.\nThanks,\nVictoria\nVictoria Lehman\nHazmat Information Center (HMIC)\nhttp:Uphmsa.dot.gov/hazmat/info-center\n(202) 366-1035\nFrom: Oliver D. Adams [mailto:OAdams@hdclaw.com]\nSent: Wednesday, February 08, 20123:38 PM\nTo: PHMSA HM InfoCenter\nSubject: Shippers-General Requirements and Packaging Section 173.63 ORM-D question\nDear Hazardous Materials Information Center,\nI would like to request your guidance/interpretation with respect to Section 173.63(b){2), the ORM-D exception to\nshipping \"cartridges, small arms.\" Specifically, I am trying to ensure that packaging meets with the requirements of\nSubsection (b){2)(i) and (iii). In order to better understand what the regulations meant by ammunition must be packed\nin \"inside boxes\" and then the \"inside boxes\" must be packed in securely-closed strong \"outside packagings,\" I reviewed\nthe definitions contained in Section 171.8, and the other sections containing definitions. I was able to find a definition\nfor the term \"outside packaging\" in Section 171.8, which says that \"package or outside package means a packaging plus\nit contents.\" Does Section 173.63(b)(2) require that ammunition/cartridges, small arms be fit snuggly into a box (the\ninside bOx) and this box is then placed securely into another box (the outside bOx)? Essentially, I am finding it difficult to\nput the words from the regulations into action on the packaging. I am attaching to this e-mail a spreadsheet that has a\ndescription of the type of packaging I think comes within the regulations, some of which have links to pictures of the\nsame, if you would evaluate each of the scenarios and indicate whether each scenario complies with the requirements\nof Section 173.63{b)(2), or how it fails to do 50, I would appreciate it. I just want to make sure this is right.\nYour guidance is very much appreciated,\nThank you,\n-Oliver D. Adams\nHodges, Doughty & Carson, PLLC\nP.O. Box 869\n617 W. Main Street\nKnoxville, Tennessee\noadams@hdclaw.com\n(865) 292-2225 phone\n1","truncated":false,"body_characters":4481}